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Deep Sea Phosphate Mining Has Been Proposed Near Scorpion Bay

"The mining company, “Oceanica” with US based partner “Odyssey Marine Exploration”, unveiled their plans to operate Boskalis dredge ships 24/7, 365, for the next 50 years to remove over 350 million tons of phosphatic sands from the bay and process it into phosphate fertilizer." - excerpt from description on Save the Waves website.

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